Emerging contaminants (ECs) are increasingly being detected in drinking water, posing
numerous public health concerns. Granular activated carbon (GAC) offers good prospects …

A large proportion of the population in low-income countries (LICs) has limited access to
portable drinking water. This leads to many people consuming contaminated water, which is …

The need to improve the flow rate and maintain the quality of filtrate using ceramic pot filter
(CPF) so as to improve the access to potable water in rural areas informed this work …

Ceramic water filters (CWFs) are point-of-use devices mostly used in developing countries
as a result of their effectiveness in the treatment of household water. However, there is a …

The several furniture-making phases, from cutting to processing to polishing, produce a
significant volume of sawdust of differing grades. The extraction and disposal of such waste …

Water borne diseases have remained a major challenge in most developing countries. This
is usually as a result of lack of access to clean water and contamination associated with …

The sustainable access to clean and safe water has resulted to improved health outcomes.
Millions of deaths of underage children have been linked to the consumption of microbial …

While effective defluoridation methods have been developed, most of them are expensive
and difficult to apply at a household level. One safe, low‐cost, decentralized water treatment …

This research presents the results of a pilot system used for water treatment to be supplied to
single-family or small housing nucleus at rural sector. The pilot system is constituted by an …

Spontaneous imbibition of water into ceramic tile is modeled using the well-known Richards
equation (RE) employed for modeling unsaturated flow in the vadose zone. The Brooks and …